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From Vanity Fair and New York Times contributor comes a beautifully written, deeply felt memoir recounting the solo, cross-country journey she made along Interstate 10 across the American southwest: a mission to uncover both what harrowing violence may or may not have happened to her late mother but also to look within and discover who she herself is--where her mother ends and she begins. In her trusty loaded-up minivan ""Minnie,"" E. A. Hanks follows the same route as a long-ago road trip with her mother in an attempt to better understand the complicated woman who gave her life. Along the way, as she follows her mother's diaries and her own recollections of the route, she begins to uncover secrets--some unexpectedly wonderful and others darker and more violent than she ever imagined--that bring more questions than answers.From the quiet expanses of White Sands National Park to the bustling streets of New Orleans and the Texas-Mexico border to the swamps of the Florida panhandle, she interacts with the amazing breadth and diversity of the people that call these places home. Reckoning with the past, the present, her memories, and herself, Hanks brings us along a beautiful voyage towards understanding how the stories we tell about the places we are from ultimately become the stories we tell about the people we are.

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""[A] sometimes sparkling, sometimes somber narrative...A lively, lovely take on an old standby, the road trip as a journey within."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)""

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E. A. Hanks, formerly a staffer at Vanity Fair, has contributed to Time, the London Guardian, the New York Times, and others. Follow her on Instagram @EAHanks. E. A. Hanks, formerly a staffer at Vanity Fair, has contributed to Time, the London Guardian, the New York Times, and others. Follow her on Instagram @EAHanks.

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